2024-06-30 12:46:45
A brand new and extra complete plan for the protection of the “White Areas” is introduced by the Ministry of Digital Governance, in keeping with which the set up of Supplementary Protection Stations (SSC) with tv sign distribution by way of terrestrial or satellite tv for pc channels is foreseen, in order that the residents of border and significant areas of the nation (98%) to have the ability to benefit from the packages of free-to-air tv stations.
Because the Minister of Digital Governance, Dimitris Papastergiou, factors out to APE MEP, “the important areas could also be geographically on the fringe of the nation, nonetheless it’s a provided that they’re on the middle of our curiosity, as is continually emphasised as a authorities precedence by the Prime Minister himself, Kyriakos Mitsotakis. We’re fascinated by enhancing on a regular basis life, potentialities and alternatives for residents within the areas removed from the capital and huge city facilities. Because the Ministry of Digital Governance, we’re coming with the renewed planning for the tv protection of the “White Areas” to make sure that the residents of Japanese Macedonia and Thrace, North and South Aegean could have entry to the free-to-air tv stations. By putting in antenna techniques we’ll obtain inhabitants protection of those areas at a price of 98%. We purpose on the equal participation of residents in communication and knowledge in addition to at decreasing the digital divide between the areas of the nation. Additionally by implementing this motion we’ll give a major enhance to the communications sector with new alternatives, clearly additionally for the event of native communities”.
Within the first section of the brand new mission carried out by the ministry, the areas of Japanese Macedonia and Thrace, North and South Aegean have been chosen – resulting from nationwide curiosity. After all, the set up of the Extra Protection Stations will happen after the technical research has been ready to plan their optimum placement within the above areas.
The primary goal of the ministry is for this motion to bridge the digital divide between the geographical areas of the nation, however on the similar time, as Mr. Papastergiou emphasizes, to be a powerful incentive and step for extra enterprise initiatives within the subject of communications, whereas on the similar time stimulating the native markets but in addition the Areas as an entire.
It ought to be talked about that the mission is coming to rework the motion “White Areas for the entry of areas outdoors of tv protection to this system of Greek tv stations” which was began 4 years in the past by the Basic Secretariat of Telecommunications and Posts and the Nationwide Community of Expertise and Analysis Infrastructures – HERE S.A. (GRNET), of the Ministry of Digital Governance and was accomplished in March 2024 with the digital functions of the beneficiaries.
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Katia Papadopoulou